Rope-tying device.



C. C. VAN DYKE.

ROPE TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION-FILED JUNE 16. I913.

1,155,976. I Patented 061;. 5-;1915.

CARL C. VAN IDYKE, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

ROIPE-TYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

Application filed June 16, 1913. Serial No. 773,905.

My invention 1s particularlv adapted for use in connecting a clothesline to a post or other support, but it will be understood that I do notlimit myself to any specific use. In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1is a perspective view of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a view similar toFig. 1, showing the manner of attaching a rope thereto.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which like referencenumerals refer to corresponding parts 1 represents a' hook and claspmember formed from a single piece of spring wire. The member 1 comprisesa shank portion 3 terminating at one end in rearwardly extending jawsand 11 spaced from one another; while disposed between the jaws isanoppositely extending V-shaped loop 12. The jaws 10 and 11 and theV-shaped loop are arranged to lie in the same or approximately the sameplane; while the loop extends to a point beyond the jaws 10 and 11 so asto form a guide member for the twine or rope and also acts as an aid inthe formation of the knot.

At its opposite end the shank is provided with eyes 13 and 14 wherebythe device may be suitably secured to a stationary object. A suitablefastening device such as the screw eye 19 shown in Fig. 2 connected tothe eyes 13 and 14 permits of the hook and clasp member being firmly,but detachably secured to a post, building or the like (not shown). a

In practice the free end of the rope 19 is looped around the curvedportions 20 and 21 connecting the arms 17 and 18 of the shank with thearms 22 and 23 of the side loops 10 and 11 and then up over one of theside loops and down into the \l-shaped loop or jaw 12 where it istightly clamped. When in this posiiton any strain will draw the portions20 and 21 together thus causing the common side arms 24 and 25 of thecentral and side loops to grip the rope with increasing intensity. Itwill thus be seen that it will be impossible for the free end of therope to he accidentally drawn through thecentral loop for the reasonthat when the rope is drawn taut, the arms of the central loop arecaused to automatically grip that portion of the rope'insertedtherebetween.

Having thus described my invention, what:

I claim is:

A tying device comprising spaced shank members bent upwardly andhorizontally back upon themselves to form jaws, and a.

connecting portion bent into substantially V-shape and lying in theplane with the jaws, said V-shaped portion being extended out, beyondsaid aws to form a guide memher, the plane of said jaws and V-shapedportion being parallel to the plane of the shank members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL C. VAN DYKE. Witnesses:

I-IILDA E. BRE DY,

F. W. VAN DEVANTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

